Subject: cowboy
Culture: Western American
Setting: range wars, American West late 19th-early 20thc.
Object: hat
* Fort Worth Museum of Science and History > Cattle Raiser's Museum
"STETSON HAT, c1900 Leather, felt , satin One of the most defining pieces of a cowboy's clothing is his hat.
Handling the crown of the hat would make the crown become dented. Modifications were made --
and this one, with the Carlsbad crease -- was the first popular modification.
"Credit for the cowboy hat as it is known today generally goes to John B. Stetson." ...
